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Privacy Policy

Last Updated: May 4, 2025

Introduction

Please read this privacy policy carefully, as your access to Gaystash.com signifies that you have read, understand and agree with all terms of this privacy policy. If you do not agree with any part of this privacy policy or our terms, please do not access or continue to use Gaystash.com or submit your personal data. We respect your privacy and we are committed to protecting your personal information.

If you have any questions about our privacy practices, please contact us directly via email at [email protected].

We collect, process and store personal data to the extent that it is necessary to provide users with our service. This privacy policy applies to information that we collect:

on Gaystash.com,
in e-mails, messages and other communications between you and Gaystash.com, or
when you interact with our advertising on third-party websites and networks, if those applications or advertising include links to this privacy policy.

It does not apply to information collected by:

us offline or through any other means, including on any other website managed by us or any third party (including our affiliates)
any third party (including our affiliates), including through any application or content (including advertising) that may link to or be accessible from or on Gaystash.com. Clicking on those links or making those connections may allow third parties to collect or share data about you. We do not control these third-party websites and we are not responsible for their privacy policies.

General Terms

The parties referred to in this policy are Gaystash.com (hereinafter "we", "us" or "our"), the operator of the website (hereinafter "Website" or "Gaystash.com") and the controller of the information collected or provided via this Website, and You, the User of this site.

This Privacy Policy describes how we use information received about You when You visit Our Site or when You subscribe to, or use Our online services. This Policy does not cover any information that We may receive from or about You through channels other than through the use of the Site.

Changes to the Privacy Policy

We may revise, amend, or modify this Policy and Our other policies and agreements at any time. If we change anything in our privacy policy, the date of change will be reflected in the "Last Updated" date at the top of this policy. You agree that you will periodically review this privacy policy. Your continued use of the Service constitutes your agreement to all revisions to the Privacy Policy.

Personal Information that We Collect

Visitors to Our Site and services have different ways of interacting with Us. We collect information depending on your level of interaction. The type of information is:

Members

Users who interact with Us through registration, for example for uploading content to the Site or leaving comments. Members need to provide Us with a valid e-mail address in the process of registration, and a username.

Browsers

Users who do not complete registration. We primarily collect browser data (cookies, analytics data like Google Analytics, IP Addresses, Referral URLs, and other passive information). Browsers may view content uploaded by Members.

How We Collect Information from You

We use different methods to collect data from and about you including:

Passive Collection

We use cookies to collect information about you to improve your experience on the Site. The information collected in our cookies includes, but is not limited to, the user's IP address, geographic location and other session data.

Active Collection

We collect Your information, such as Your username and e-mail address, when You fill in the registration forms to gain a Membership on our Site. Locations for this collection are registration or personal profile pages, but We reserve the right to add additional information collection points on other pages.

How We Use Your Personal Data

We will use your personal data only when the applicable local law allows us to. Commonly, we will use your personal data in the following cases:

In order to provide the services, customer management and functionality and security that are necessary to perform the services provided to You according our terms and conditions and any other contract that You have with Us.
If it is necessary for Our legitimate interests (or interests of the third parties), and Your interests and fundamental rights do not override those interests.
Where we need to comply with legal or regulatory obligations.
If you declare your valid consent to use it.

Please note that we may process your personal data for more than one lawful ground depending on the specific purpose for which we use your data.

Purposes for Which We Use Your Personal Information

In general, we use the information we collect about You or which You provide us, including personal information, for the following purposes:

Provision of services

(only for registered users)

to present our Website and content to you, including any interactive features on our Website, and to provide you with information, products or services that you request from us; we also collect and use Personal Information to verify your eligibility and deliver prizes in connection with contests and sweepstakes.

Customer management

(only for registered users)

Manage the registered user account, provide customer support and notify the registered user about his account or subscription, including notification of expiration and renewal, as well as notification of changes to our website or any products or services we offer or provide through it.

Configure content

(only for registered users)

to conduct research and analysis about your use of our website or your interests, our Website's products or services in order to develop and display content and advertising adapted to your interests on our website and other sites.

Analytics

To determine whether users of the Site are unique or whether the same user is using the Website several times, as well as to monitor aggregate metrics such as the total number of visitors, pages viewed, demographic patterns.

Functionality and security

diagnose or eliminate technology problems, and to detect, prevent and respond to actual or potential fraud, illegal activities or intellectual property infringement.

Compliance

ensure compliance with our terms and comply with our legal obligations.

In any other way we may describe when you provide the information; or for any other purpose with your consent provided separately from this privacy policy.

Disclosure of Your Personal Information

We do not disclose your Personal Information except in the limited circumstances described here:

We may disclose your Personal Information to members of our corporate group to the extent this is necessary for the provision of services, customer management, content settings, advertising, analytics, verifications, functionality and security and compliance.
Legal successors: Your personal data may be transferred in the case of a merger, divestiture, restructuring, reorganization, dissolution or other sale or transfer of some or all of our assets, whether as a going concern or as part of bankruptcy, liquidation or otherwise, in which personal information held by us about our users is among the assets transferred. If this happens, we will ensure the entity uses Your data in a manner consistent with this policy.
We may access and share your Personal Information with law enforcement or regulatory bodies where such disclosure is needed to satisfy applicable law, legal process, regulation or governmental request, enforce terms of use (including investigation of potential violations thereof), detect, prevent, or address illegal or suspected illegal activities, security or technical issues, protect against harm to the property, rights or safety of our company, employees or our users. To maintain and protect the security and integrity of our Website or infrastructure. In these cases, we may raise or waive any legal objection or right available to us, in our sole discretion.

We may disclose aggregated information about our users and information that does not identify anyone, without restriction. We may also transfer aggregated information to third parties for general business analysis. This information does not contain personal information and may be used to develop content and services that will be interesting for You and other users.

Transfers of Your Personal Information to Other Countries

If we share information, particularly with entities outside the EU or regions with comprehensive data protection laws, we will ensure that the data is transferred according to this Privacy Policy and as permitted by applicable data protection legislation.

By using the Website, you agree to the possibility of transfer of the information we collect about you (including personal information) to any country in which we, members of our corporate group or our service providers are located.

Retention of Personal Information

We will only keep your Personal Data for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes we collected it for, including for the purposes of satisfying any legal, accounting, or reporting requirements.

To determine the appropriate retention period for personal data, we consider the amount, nature, and sensitivity of Your personal data, the potential risk of harm from unauthorized use or disclosure of your personal data, the purposes for which we process your personal data and whether we can achieve those purposes through other means, and the applicable legal requirements.

Where we no longer need to process your Personal Data for the purposes set out in this Privacy Policy, we will delete your Personal Data from our systems.

We will also delete your Personal Data upon your request. Contact us via email at [email protected] to request deletion.

If you have questions about our data retention practices, please send us an e-mail at [email protected].

The period for which we keep your Personal Data that is necessary for compliance and legal enforcement purposes varies and depends on the nature of our legal obligations and requirements in the individual case.

How We Protect Your Personal Information

We take security measures (including physical, electronic and procedural measures) to help protect your Personal Data from unauthorized access and disclosure. For example, only authorized employees are permitted access to Personal Information, and they may do so only for permitted business functions. Additionally, we use encryption while transferring certain sensitive Personal Information between your system and ours, and we employ firewalls to help prevent unauthorized persons from gaining access to your personal information. However, please be aware that we cannot completely eliminate the security risks associated with the storage and transmission of personal data.

You are responsible for maintaining the secrecy of your unique password and account information at all times. We are not responsible for circumvention of any privacy settings or security measures contained on the website.

Choices About How We Collect, Use and Disclose Your Personal Information

We strive to provide you with choices regarding the Personal Information you provide to us.

You can choose not to provide us with your Personal Information, but that may result in you being unable to use certain features of our Website because such information may be required in order to register as a member, participate in a contest, promotion, or survey, or ask a question.
You can set your browser to refuse all or some browser cookies, or to alert you when cookies are being sent. If you disable or refuse cookies, please note that some parts of the Website may then be inaccessible or not function properly.
If you no longer want to receive promotional emails and newsletters, you will need to unsubscribe. You can typically do this via a link in the email or by contacting our support team at [email protected].
If you wish to delete or deactivate your account, please contact our Support Team at [email protected]. If you delete your account information, your personal information and user profile data will no longer be accessible to you. After deleting your account, if you decide to have an account with us in the future, you will have to sign up once again and your previous personal information will not be available.

Your Rights Related to Your Personal Information

Subject to local law, you have certain rights regarding the Personal Information we collect about you, including the right:

to receive information on the Personal Information concerning you that we hold and how such Personal Information is used (right to access);
to correct inaccurate Personal Information concerning you (right to rectification);
to delete your Personal Information (right to be forgotten);
to receive the Personal Information provided by you in a structured, commonly used and machine-readable format and to transmit those Personal Information to another data controller (right to data portability);
to object to the use of your Personal Information where such use is based on our legitimate interests or on public interests (right to object);
in certain cases, to restrict our use of your Personal Information (right to restriction of processing).

If we ask for your consent to use your Personal Information, you can withdraw this consent at any time. Note that in case of a withdrawal of your consent, you may no longer be able to use some functions of our Website and services.

You may, at any time, send us an e-mail at [email protected] to exercise your above rights in accordance with the applicable legal requirements and limitations. If you are located in the European Union, you have a right to lodge a complaint with your local data protection authority.

Note that some requests to delete certain Personal Information will require the deletion of your user account as the provision of user accounts is linked to the processing of certain Personal Information (e.g., your e-mail address). Also note that we may require additional information from you in order to verify your authorization to make the request and to honor your request.

Cooperation

We regularly review our compliance with this privacy policy. Please feel free to direct any questions regarding this privacy policy by contacting us via email at [email protected]. When we receive a formal written complaint, it is our policy to contact the complaining party. We will cooperate with the appropriate regulatory authorities, including local data protection authorities, to resolve any complaints regarding the transfer of personal data that we cannot resolve with our users directly.

No Rights of Third Parties

This privacy policy does not create rights enforceable by third parties or require disclosure of any Personal Information relating to users of the Website.

Our Policy Towards Minors

Our Website is not directed to persons under the age of 18 (or the applicable age of majority in their jurisdiction) and we do not knowingly collect Personal Information from minors. If you become aware that your child has provided us with Personal Information, please contact us at [email protected]. If we become aware that a minor has provided us with Personal Information, we take steps to remove such information and terminate that person's account.

No Error Free Performance

We do not guarantee error-free performance under this privacy policy. We shall not be liable for any incidental, consequential or punitive damages relating to this privacy policy.

Contact Information

If you have any questions about this privacy policy, please contact us at [email protected].